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[Americana] Kauffman, Henry J. & Quentin H. Bowers.  EARLY AMERICAN
ANDIRONS AND OTHER FIREPLACE ACCESSORIES.  Nashville; Thomas Nelson: 1974.
 A standard text which covers the development of design, materials and
manufacture of andirons in America, includes biographical notes on major
andiron makers, and also discusses production process such as iron- and
brass-founding. A respected, well illustrated study; there is also
discussion of bed warmers, dutch ovens, kettles, bellows, etc.  Hardcover.
7.5"x10", 192 pages, b/w illustrations, dj. Light wear.  [37218]  $65.00

[Art] Knowlton, Helen M.  ART-LIFE OF WILLIAM MORRIS HUNT.  Boston;
Little, Brown, and Company: 1899.  An important record of Hunt’s life and
work by one of his pupils, who had access to the artist’s papers and notes
after his death. Though anecdotal (and a bit stuffy) in tone, Knowlton’s
close association with Hunt makes this an interesting work to this day.
Karpel I-966.  Hardcover. 5.5”x8”, 219 pages, 16 black & white plates.
Publisher’s green and gilt-decorated cloth. Minor soil.  [37167]  $45.00

[Art] Larkin, Susan G.  THE COS COB ART COLONY. Impressionists on the
Connecticut Shore.  Yale University Press/National Academy of Design:
2001.  “What Argenteuil in the 1870s was to French Impressionists, Cos Cob
between 1890 and 1920 was to American Impressionists Childe Hassam,
Theodore Robinson, John Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, and their followers.
These artists and writers came together to work in the modest Cos Cob
section of Greenwich, Connecticut, testing new styles and new themes in
the stimulating company of colleagues. This beautiful book is the first to
examine the art colony at Cos Cob and the role it played in the
development of American Impressionist art.”  Hardcover. 9.5”x10”, 246
pages, 77 color and 62 black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Fine. 
[37165]  $50.00

[Art] Smith, Philip Chadwick Foster.  MORE MARINE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
IN THE PEABODY MUSEUM.  Salem The Peabody Museum of Salem: 1979.  A
catalog of paintings and drawings given to the Museum between 1967 and
1977, as well as logbooks, and corrections to the first catalog of the
collection (published in 1968).  Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 166 pages, black &
white and color illustrations, dust jacket. Light wear.  [37219]  $85.00

[Art] Stevens, MaryAnne (ed.).  THE ORIENTALISTS: Delacroix to Matisse.
The Allure of North Africa and the Near East.  New York; Thames & Hudson:
1984.  The catalog to an important loan exhibition held at London’s Royal
Academy, which then traveled to the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
In addition to the catalog of the paintings and their illustrations, the
text includes four essays: Western Art and its Encounter with the Islamic
Word, by Maryanne Stevens – The Orient and the West from Bonaparte to T.E.
Lawrence, by Robert Irwin – “Innocents Abroad”: Nineteenth-Century Artists
and Travelellers in North Africa and the Near East, by Caroline Bugler –
The Question of Faith: Orientalism, Christianity and Islam, by Malcom
Warner.  Hardcover. 9”x11.5”, 235 pages, color and black & white
illustrations, dust jacket. Jacket with light wear.  [37169]  $50.00

[Art] Wien, Jake Milgram.  ROCKWELL KENT. THE MYTHIC AND THE MODERN. 
Manchester; Hudson Hills Press, in association with the Portland Museum of
Art: 2005.  “Among the first generation of American modernist painters,
Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) rose to national fame between the world wars as
a visual poet of the natural world. A master of many media, Kent created
an oeuvre and a signature style that endure for their timeless, mythic
qualities. The evolution of Kent's artistry and his engagement with modern
art and ideas are the subjects of this landmark book, which accompanies an
exhibition marking the centenary of his arrival on Maine's Monhegan Island
in June 1905. Organized by the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, the
exhibition reunites choice works not publicly seen in several generations,
including many from the Pushkin and Hermitage museums in Russia. Kent
advanced his modernist vision during sojourns in Greenland, and he crossed
over into popular culture through illustrations for such literary classics
as Candide, Canterbury Tales, Moby Dick, and Paul Bunyan. This extensively
researched volume offers fresh insights into the spiritual and
intellectual influences guiding Kent, including his early study with
Arthur Wesley Dow, a key proponent of innovative theories of design and
composition. It disentangles the strands of Kent's diverse stylistic
achievements and exposes his double identity as Jazz Age humorist. As
"Hogarth, Jr." he contributed sparkling ink drawings of modern life that
captivated readers of Harper's Weekly, the New York Tribune, and Vanity
Fair. Rounding out this wide-ranging study is a full list of Kent's solo
exhibitions and a detailed chronology of his life”.  Hardcover. 10”x11”,
188 pages, color and black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Minor wear.
 [37211]  $250.00

Criswell, Grover C., Jr.  CONFEDERATE AND SOUTHERN STATE CURRENCY. A
Descriptive Listing, Including Rarity and Prices.  Published by the author
in 1976. 2nd revised edition.  A standard guide to currency of the
Confederacy, by state, as well as other southern state currency of the
antebellum period, including Territory of Florida and Republic of Texas
bills.  Hardcover. 6”x9”, 294 pages, black & white illustrations.
Inscribed by the author. Minor soil, some pencil notes.  [37179]  $45.00

[Fashion] Druitt, Herbert.  A MANUAL OF COSTUME AS ILLUSTRATED BY
MONUMENTAL BRASSES.  London; Alexander Moring Ltd.: 1906.   One
longstanding tool of clothing and costume historians is to study
monumental brasses of the Medieval Period through the 16th and 17th
centuries to see how people were dressed during various periods.  Given
the large variety of figures, both male and female, from many walks of
life pictured on these brasses, they form a readily available source for
ideas about the costuming of the upper and military and ecclesiastical
classes. This early study groups the brasses, as they usually are grouped,
by type of dress and gender.  Hardcover. 6”x9”, xxii + 384 pages, many b/w
plates. Light wear, a nice copy.  [37212]  $50.00

[Furniture] Howe, Katherine S., et al.  HERTER BROTHERS. FURNITURE AND
INTERIORS FOR A GILDED AGE.  Harry N. Abrams in association with the
Houston Museum of Fine Arts: 1994.  The profusely-illustrated, scholarly,
and detailed catalog to a groundbreaking loan exhibition of the Victorian
cabinetwork and interiors of Gustave and Christian Herter. A variety of
furniture scholars, including Katherine S. Howe, Alice C. Frelinghuysen,
Catherine H. Voorsanger, and Simon Jervis expound on various aspects of
the Herter’s work history, there are illustrations and descriptions of the
furniture examples themselves, a detailed and in-depth chronology of the
firm’s achievements, and several pictorial appendices showing details of
Herter marquetry, caring, and hardware. A model catalog.  Softcover.
8.5”x11”, 272 pages, color and black & white illustrations. Minor wear. 
[37204]  $85.00

[Furniture] Newman, Bruce M. & Alastair Duncan.  FANTASY FURNITURE.  New
York; Rizzoli: 1989.  This book must have been fun to put together –it’s a
gorgeous and breathtaking compendium of Victorian and Art Nouveau “odd”
furniture from Europe, America and the Far East. Included are Grotto
furniture from Venice, horn and Antler furniture from Germany and the
American West, Grotesque and Mythological furniture, Belle Epoque
furniture, Black Forest furniture from Switzerland, and other examples of
root, twig, bentwood, iron, bamboo and wicker furniture, all of which you
stare at and say, “I’m supposed to sit on that??”.  Hardcover. 9”x12”, 199
pages, many color and several black & white illustrations, dust jacket.
Minor wear.  [37205]  $100.00

[Maritime] Smith, Edgar Newbold.  AMERICAN NAVAL BROADSIDES. A Collection
of Early Naval Prints (1745-1815).  Philadelphia Maritime Museum &
Clarkson N. Potter: 1974.  A very well-illustrated study of American
naval-themed prints from the collection of Edgar Newbold Smith. Separate
chapters cover the Colonial period, the American Revolution, the Federal
Period, the war with Tripoli, and the War of 1812.  Hardcover. 8.5”x11”,
225 pages, 92 color and 23 black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Minor
soil.  [37163]  $45.00

[Militaria]  THE KARL F. MOLDENHAUER COLLECTION OF REMINGTON ARMS. 
Hyannis; Richard A. Bourne Co., Inc.: October 29th, 1980.  The very fine
auction catalog of this unbelievable collection, which was started in 1949
and included many unique examples. Hardbound and fully illustrated in
color and black & white.  Hardcover. 8.5"x11", about 300 pages, 382 lots,
filled with color and b/w illustrations. Fine condition.  [37182]  $75.00

[Militaria]  THE WILLIAM LOCKE COLLECTION.  East Point, GA; The Antique
Armory Inc.: 1973.  Over the course of many decades of serious and
tireless collecting, William M. Locke amassed what has been called the
finest and most collection of American firearms ever assembled. This
massive catalog illustrates and describes these thousands of firearms,
from the ordinary to many, many examples of the extraordinary and unique. 
Hardcover. 8.5”x11.5”, 541 pages, 31 color and hundreds of black & white
illustrations. Minor wear.  [37183]  $85.00

[Militaria] Dexter, F. Theodore.  FORTY-TWO YEARS’ SCRAPBOOK OF RARE
ANCIENT FIREARMS.  Los Angeles; Warren F. Lewis, Publisher: 1954. Edition
limited to 2,000 copies.  An interesting and curious collection of
writings on antique firearms, European, English and American, of the 16th
through 19th centuries (there are a few crossbows and edged weapons as
well). The emphasis is on earlier, finer, firearms, mostly pistols, and
the author begins with a chapter about collecting antique firearms,
followed by illustrations and descriptions of some very fine early guns.
There chapters devoted to the Walter J. Charnley Collection, the Frank E.
Bivens, Jr. Collection, the Charles H. Moses Collection, American martial
pistols and related rarities, how arms can be used to decorate an office,
and suggestions for using firearms in heraldry. All in all an interesting
“scrapbook”, focused on museum-quality material.  Hardcover. 9”x11.5”, 320
pages, black & white illustrations. Minor soil.  [37181]  $85.00

[Orientalia]  THE MERIEM COLLECTION. RARE CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES –Parts 1
and 2.  New York; Christie’s: September 19, 2007 [and] March 19, 2008. 
Mary Margaret Young and her husband Maurice began collecting snuff bottles
in the 1960s, and eventually built one of the finest private collections
of rare Chinese snuff bottles of the 20th century. Mrs Young worked with
top dealers and other collectors, including Hugh Moss, who was cataloging
her collection at the time of her death. These two beautifully
illustrated, scholarly catalogs illustrate and describe these rare and
superb bottles in great detail.  2 volumes. Hardcover. 8.5”x11”, 244
pages, 107 lots [and]  200 pages, 113 lots. Color illustrations. Minor
soil.  [37208]  $125.00

[Orientalia] Kondo, Ichitaro.  THE FIFTY-THREE STAGES OF THE TOKAIDO BY
HIROSHIGE.  Honolulu; East-West Center Press: 1966. 3rd printing.  In the
1830s master Japanese woodcut artist Utagawa Hiroshige created his famed
“Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido” series of woodblock prints, showing
each of the 53 way-stations used by travelers passing along the national
highway between Tokyo and Kyoto. These prints are reproduced here at just
under full-size along with scholarly commentary by Ichitaro Kondo. A
lovely production of a classic of Japanese printmaking.  Hardcover.
12”x8.5”, 12 pages plus 55 color plates and facing descriptions, dust
jacket. Minor soil, light wear.  [37207]  $85.00

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